SpicyIP

JULY 17, 2023

We also came across the Delhi High Court orders on the interplay between the Patents Act and the Competition Act, and on the inheritability of personality rights. Looking at the Data from the IPO Annual Reports Patent filings and grants are at an all-time high in India. Her area of interest lies in IP and corporate law.

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SpicyIP

JULY 13, 2021

Among the many grounds was the court’s refusal to afford post mortem protection to personality rights of the actor. I shall specifically be dealing with the contention around publicity rights. Brief facts. The matter is now scheduled for hearing for tomorrow. Court’s reasoning.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 20, 2024

The USTR did not include the site in its report, however, and Voicify continued its operations as usual. Jammable is just one worrying example of AI developers encroaching on the personal rights of music creators for their own financial gain,” Musicians’ Union General Secretary Naomi Pohl says.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

The petitioner contented that Jayalalithaa’s personality rights and her family’s privacy rights should be protected and that the productions may be incorrect and misleading. Parliamentary Standing Committee Report on the IP regime. SpicyIP’s compilation of posts on the IPAB can be found here.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 12, 2024

PART I] Synthetic Singers and Voice Theft: BomHC protects Arijit Singh’s Personality Rights In a first of its kind order in India, the BHC restrains AI platforms from using likeness of famous singer Arijit Singh, finding them to prima facie infringe his personality rights. Read on below to know more.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Marcel Pemsel reported on the new CJEU reform which was made to reduce the workload of the Court of Justice of the EU and to increase transparency of the judicial process. Geographical Indications Anastasiia Kyrylenko reported on the Laguiole case which was covered before here , here , here and here. 191 RoP GC.

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SpicyIP

JULY 19, 2021

She highlights that the Court refused to afford post mortem protection to personality rights of the actor. Nishtha emphasises that in determining whether the deceased possessed personality rights enforceable by his heirs, the Court based its reasoning on the intertwining between privacy and publicity rights.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

The third category lists notable developments on the legislative and policy side and includes important amendments, proposals for amendments, release of policy notes and reports etc. The Court delineated instances like parody and satire where free speech in the context of well-known persons may be protected.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 9, 2021

Already enacted and practically significant , but legally non-binding is the “Personal Information Security Specification” of 2020, which similarly categorises “facial recognition features” as sensitive personal information and requires explicit, unbundled consent and specific security measures.

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Likelihood of Confusion

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

As predicted in this space, Wired News reports that the publicity generated by Apple’s ham-fisted exile of a new book about Steve Jobs from its own stores has resulted in such strong demand for the book that the publisher, John Wiley & Sons, has “doubled the print run and moved publication forward a month to […] The post Good (..)

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SpicyIP

MARCH 9, 2025

The appellant had requested the First Examination Report and responded to the objections therein, following which a hearing notice was issued with respect to objections on lack of clarity and novelty. The appellant then annexed its amended independent claim, in which it incorporated certain unobjected features of previous claims.

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SpicyIP

MAY 20, 2024

Here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments including summaries of posts on the Law Commission’s Report on Trade Secrets and Economic Espionage, DHC’s decisions on working examples, writ jurisdiction of the pre-grant oppositions, and the Viagra-Vigoura trademark dispute. This and much more in last week’s SpicyIP Weekly Review.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 24, 2023

In this month’s edition, he looks into topics including the Plant Variety Registry, different tales of/ takes on personality rights, and multiple leaks of key documents and their contribution in law-making. M/S Suman International & Anr. vs Mahendra Gulwani & Anr.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 16, 2021

When they do that, they open themselves up to accusations of unauthorisedly infringing on the athlete’s personality rights. But the patriotism of FMCG and other companies, entities who have personality and nationality only by legal fiction, is less certain. The Right of Publicity. Entertainment Pvt.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 27, 2024

In recent times, the Delhi High Court has been spewing out decisions involving the Personality Rights of celebrities. We had the Anil Kapoor decision last year and similar rulings followed in 2024 dealing with the rights of Jackie Shroff , Vishnu Manchu , Arijit Singh.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 31, 2024

c) Top 10 IP Legislative and Policy Related Developments This category lists notable developments on the legislative and policy side and includes important amendments, proposals for amendments, release of policy notes and reports etc. However, the two categories are not mutually exclusive.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Secondly, it seems from news reports (see here and here ) that Wunderbaar has expanded their argument – from claiming copyright over the performance rights, they are also now arguing that they own the copyright over the characters and costumes. Interestingly, they have also been subject to protection under personality rights.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 6, 2024

V Shrinivasan: “Will”ing Posthumous Privacy/Publicity Rights into Existence By Bharathwaj Ramakrishnan In a recent interim order (see here for a news report on this development, and for the Order see here ( pdf )) issued by the Madras HC in the case of Music Academy v. Image from here Music Academy v.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Check the report as well as the India specific chapters linked in the SpicyIP tidbit by Niyati Prabhu. Image Rights Alright—But Can They Trump Established Rights and Doctrines? SpicyIP Tidbit: GII 2023 – India Retains its 40th Rank India ranks 40th in the Global Innovation Index, 2023! Should They? Read the post by Prof.

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